[EBB Sightings] Fwd: Round Valley

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> From: "Michelle Brodie" 
> Date: Sun Aug 21, 2005  10:11:42 PM US/Pacific
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> Subject: Round Valley
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> I had to escape the intolerable fog so I went to Round Valley Regional 
> Park
> today.  There was plenty of sunshine and heat which put a big smile on 
> my
> face.  I brought my binoculars along just in case.  There was a good 
> mix of
> birds present even though the creek was nearly dry.
> There was a Prairie Falcon and a Peregrine Falcon, one Sharp-shinned 
> Hawk,
> one Northern Harrier, an American Kestrel, and a few Red-tailed Hawks. 
>  No
> Golden Eagles.  There was on Empidonax.  It didn't look right for a
> Pacific-slope Flycatcher but I was too far away to positively identify 
> as
> anything else.  It had a rather long bill which would exclude Hammonds.
> What would a Dusky be doing flycatching in an Oak Tree?  I thought I 
> heard a
> low whit coming from it's location.
> There were about 8 Yellow Warblers, one Warbling Vireo, two juvenile
> Blue-gray Gnatcatchers begging for food from an adult, three juvenile 
> Lark
> Sparrows, two Rock Wrens, lots of White-breasted Nuthatches, Oak 
> Titmice,
> and Acorn Woodpeckers, among other things.  Not too shabby for
> mid-afternoon.
> Good birding,
> Michelle D. Brodie
> San Francisco